Second Mahanta ministry

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Second Mahanta ministry
Date formed15 May 1996
Date dissolved17 May 2001
People and organisations
Head of stateLokanath Misra
Srinivas Kumar Sinha
Head of governmentPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
Member parties
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
History
Election(s)1996
Outgoing election2001
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorBarman Ministry
SuccessorFirst Tarun Gogoi Ministry

The Second Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was the Cabinet of Assam headed by Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta that was formed after the 1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3][4] The results of the election were announced on 22 April 1996 and this led to the formation of the 10th Assam Legislative Assembly. Mahanta, along with his council of ministers, was sworn in as Chief Minister on 15 May 1996.[5][6][7]

Ministers[edit]

Name Constituency Portfolio Party
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

Chief Minister

Barhampur
  • Home
  • Finance
  • General Administration
  • Any departments not allocated to others
AGP
Cabinet Ministers
Atul Bora Dispur
  • Public Works
AGP
Nagen Sarma Nalbari
  • Forest
AGP
Pradip Hazarika Amguri
  • Transport
AGP
Sahidul Alam Choudhury Algapur
  • Panchayat
  • Rural development
AGP
Digen Bora Batadroba
  • Food and Civil supplies
AGP
Thaneswar Bora Rangiya
  • Higher Education
AGP
Promode Gogoi Sibasagar
  • Flood control
CPI
Jatin Mali Palasbari
  • Elementary Education
AGP
Abdul Muhib Mazumder Hailakandi
  • Irrigation
IND
Phani Bhusan Choudhury Bongaigaon
  • Labour and Employment
AGP
Biraj Kumar Sarma Gauhati East
  • Municipal Administration
AGP
Surendra Nath Medhi Bhabanipur
  • Veterinary
AGP
Zoii Nath Sarmah Sipajhar
  • Revenue
AGP
Chandra Mohan Patowary Dharmapur
  • Agriculture
AGP
Gunin Hazarika Kaliabor
  • Industry
AGP
Kamala Kanta Kalita Chaygaon
  • Health
AGP
Rekha Rani Das Boro Barama
  • Social Welfare
AGP
Ministers of State
Utpal Dutta Lakhimpur
  • Social Welfare
  • Mines
  • Minerals
AGP
Ramendra Narayan Kalita Gauhati West
  • Sericulture
AGP
Abdul Rouf Jania
  • Science
  • Technology
UMF
Akon Rabha Dudhnai
  • Soil Conservation
AGP
Abdul Jabbar Dalgaon
  • Char areas development
  • Wakf Board
AGP
Hiranya Konwar Mahmara
  • Veterinary
  • Animal Husbandry
AGP
Bulbul Das Jagiroad
  • Fisheries
AGP
Rajendra Mushahary Gossaigaon
  • Plains tribes
AGP
Bhaben Baruah Chabua
  • Health
  • Family welfare
AGP
Joseph Toppo Dhekiajuli
  • Labour
  • Employment
AGP

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections 1996: AGP bounces back to defeat a weak Congress (I) in Assam". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  2. ^ "Crisis in AGP ministry: Dissidents plan to mount another attack after assembly by-polls". India Today. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  3. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937". 2006-05-13. Archived from the original on 2006-05-13. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
  4. ^ Roy, Meenu (1996). India Votes, Elections 1996: A Critical Analysis. Deep & Deep Publications. ISBN 978-81-7100-900-8.
  5. ^ "Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1996 ministers" (PDF). shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
  6. ^ The Journal of Parliamentary Information. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1996.
  7. ^ Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN 978-81-200-0400-9.